Analysis of Ô beaux cheveux d'argent mignonnement retors !

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)

Ô beaux cheveux d'argent mignonnement retors !
Ô front crêpe et serein ! et vous, face dorée !
Ô beaux yeux de cristal ! ô grand bouche honorée,
Qui d'un large repli retrousses tes deux bords !

Ô belles dents d'ébène ! ô précieux trésors,
Qui faites d'un seul ris toute âme enamourée !
Ô gorge damasquine en cent plis figurée !
Et vous, beaux grands tétins, dignes d'un si beau corps !

Ô beaux ongles dorés ! ô main courte et grassette !
Ô cuisse délicate ! et vous, jambe grossette,
Et ce que je ne puis honnêtement nommer !

Ô beau corps transparent ! ô beaux membres de glace !
Ô divines beautés ! pardonnez-moi, de grâce,
Si, pour être mortel, je ne vous ose aimer.

Scheme ABBA ABBA CCD AAD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011 1111111111 1111011101 111111111 111111111 1111111111 1111111 111111111111 11111111 1111111 111111111 110101111 11111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 698
Words 114
Sentences 18
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 09, 2023

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Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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